Faith Is Like A Kernel Of Wheat.

Almost Every Venerable Tradition At A Men's Club Starts Out As A Joke.

The Italians Always Made Good Wine, But You Had The Impression They Were Friendly Guys In Straw Hats Running Family Vineyards With Slaves Or Something So That The Vino Was Never More Than Ten Bucks A Bottle.

The Movies That Are Honored At The Oscars Are Always A Certain Type: Old-fashioned. It's A Bunch Of Well-made, Old-fashioned Movies That Support Our Idea Of Ourselves. They Uplift The Human Spirit. That's Why Horror Films Never Even Get Nominated.

Sure-fire Singles Ad: Famous Writer Needs Woman To Organize His Life And Spend His Money. Loves To Turn Off Sunday Football And Go To The Botanical Gardens With That Special Someone. Will Obtain Plastic Surgery If Necessary.

I Always Remind People Why The Oscars Got Started In 1928: It Was An Effort By The Studios To Suppress The Unions. They Started The Academy Because All The Screenwriters And Directors And Actors Were Unionizing, And They Thought, "we'll Have Something That Resembles A Union, But That's Completely Controlled By The Moneyed Interests In Hollywood." That's What It's Been All These Years. It's Something That Reinforces Hollywood's Image Of Itself. The Best Picture One Year Was Gandhi. Nobody Watched Gandhi, But That's The Kind Of Picture That Always Wins.